Louisville-based pediatric hospital names new president

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Louisville Courier-Journal, October 3, 2008

Thomas Kmetz, president of Norton Audubon Hospital, has been named the next president of Louisville, KY-based Kosair Children's Hospital. Kmetz will be responsible for expanding Norton's pediatric services as well as operating the 263-bed Kosair Children's. That job includes helping develop the children's outpatient center that Norton is building in northeastern Jefferson County, KY.

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